TriMet Safety & Service Excellence Task Force report released


The TriMet Safety and Service Excellence Task Force, formed after the April crash where a bus struck a group of pedestrians, killing two of them, has released its report.

The TriMet Safety and Service Excellence Task Force, formed after the April crash where a bus struck a group of pedestrians, killing two of them, has released its report.

Coverage of the report and its findings by the Oregonian’s Joseph Rose is here.

The key finding of the report is that the agency has an inadequate “culture of safety”; and recommends several steps to address this issue.


6 responses to “TriMet Safety & Service Excellence Task Force report released”

  1. well, I do not know if TRIMET puts “electric trolleybuses or what articulated buses” hold? or what result with General Manager’s comments? I do not know if there maybe decline or not comments? I do not know about information. I told my Senators about my disappointed with TRIMET! Thanks..

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  2. I’m disappointed with TriMet Safety. Well at least they are doing something about it and addressing the issues.

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  3. There is not now or has there ever been a “culture” problem re:safety!

    One bad accident in 42 years and as usual the management acts like a bunch of cowardly pussies when it comes to their drivers and thinks they have to address some problem that really was not there to begin with.

    (rant concluded, I represent no one but me!)

  4. It’s not just one bad accident in 42 years, Al. Unless you define “bad” as “more than one fatality”, which I would submit is an unacceptably stringent definition.

    Not all collisions between TriMet vehicles and pedestrians or other vehicles are the agency’s fault, of course–many are suicides, and many others are drunks (or people with headphones) venturing across the tracks. But many have been the fault of the driver (in while or in part), and many of those have been fatal.

    The vibe I get from many inside TriMet, especially ATU–is “leave us alone, it’s a hard job, accidents happen”. Which isn’t acceptable. TriMet drivers are professional drivers, and need to be held to a high standard of responsibility. After the investigation of the April 24 incident, I recall quite a bit of complaining from some drivers that she was being treated unfairly. Perhaps the media was being overly hard on her (many pundits were calling for felony charges, which to me are clearly inappropriate in this case–she wasn’t drunk, reckless, etc, which is the normal standard of negligence for a felony rap); but she deserved the discipline she got. I don’t care if the mirrors are poorly placed; the “blind spot defense” doesn’t work for ordinary motorists involved in a collision–there’s no way it can be considered a valid excuse for a CDL holder, who is presumed to be a professional.

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